Lymphatic Disorders Flashcards
Tonsillitis
Symptoms include throat pain, temperature, enlarged tonsils causing difficulty swallowing, white spots on tonsils, swollen lymph nodes near the mandible.
Hodgkins Disease
Chronic malignant (cancer) disease of lymph nodes. Most common form of lymphoma (tumor of lymph tissue). Treatment is chemotherapy and radiation.
Lymphadentitis
Usually from infection in body. Swollen lymph nodes, fever, red streak extending up arm or leg
Mononucleosis
Caused by virus, Frequently seen in young adults and children. S+Sx (enlarged lymph nodes, fever, fatigue, increased number of leukocytes) Treatment is bed rest.
HIV/AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)
AIDS refers to the most advanced stages of HIV. People with AIDs are prone to developing various cancers that are very aggressive. Transmission includes have sex with someone HIV +. Gowns should be worn when in contact with blood or bodily fluids. Symptoms of AIDS can hid for 1 month or as long as 12 years.
Hypersensitivity and Anaphylaxis.
People with hypersensitivity should wear a medic alert bracelet. (severe allergies pretty much)
Anaphylaxis (Anaphylactic Shock)
Antigen- Antibody reaction stimulates a massive secretion of histamine. Treatment is dose of adrenaline (must be immediate )
Autoimmune Disorders
Example: lupus, rheumatoid arthritis. Combination of symptoms that could be skin problems, joint pain and swelling and blood clotting. Scleroderma is an autoimmune disorder. Treatment is with antibiotics and inflammatory medications. Comes and goes with flare ups.
Lymphedema
Symptoms include swelling in one or more extremities
Lupus
Butterfly shaped rash on face, inflammation, swelling, damage to joints, skin ,kidneys, blood, heart and lungs. Treatment is no cure but minimizing flare up.s
Scleroderma
Body produces too much collagen, causing skin and connective tissue to thicken and scar. Scars can form on lungs, kidneys, and blood vessels
Treated with anti-inflammatory medications, steroids
Cancer
Class of disease characterized by out-of-control cell growth
Allergen/Antigens
Molecules on outer surface of cells. They distinguish whether or not something is friend or foe. Antibodies are called into action when a foreign antigen invades the body.
Allergy
Allergies are hypersensitive responses from the immune system, a substance that causes an allergic reaction is called an allergen.
Anaphylaxis
Acute allergic reaction to antigen. Sx may include skin reactions, low blood pressure, constriction of airways, weak pulse, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,
Treatment: Anaphylaxis requires immediate medical treatment, including a prompt injection of epinephrine and a trip to a hospital emergency room
Antibodies
immunoglobulins are y shaped proteins produced by immune system to help stop intruders from harming the body.
Autoimmune
Immune system mistakenly attacks body.
Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity reactions occur when the normally protective immune system responds abnormally potentially harming the body.
Immunity
The body’s ability to resist pathogens and foreign materials and the diseases they cause
Interstitial Fluid
Filters out of arterial and venous capillaries and into the microscopic spaces between tissue cells.
Immunization
Vaccinations “train” the immune system by creating memory cells that destroy a specific pathogen.
Incubation period
Period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms. Incubation period for most flus is 1-4 days
Opportunistic Infection
Someone who is diagnosed with an opportunistic infection is said to have a compromised immune response. This happens when someone has an already weakened immune system, altered microba, or breached integumentary barriers. Staphylococcus is a bacteria that will cause an opportunistic infection
Resistance
Body’s ability to resist pathogens.
